Managerialism, information technology and health reform in New Zealand

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 108-122

  Doolin, Bill ^a   Lawrence, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health care; Information technology; Management; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042052089     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559710156742     Document Type: Article

References (14)

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2. For a more detailed exposition of the New Zealand health reforms see [3-7].
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9. Managerialism has been defined by Duncan[10, p. 159] as "the reform process by which public policy adopts marketing and business management concepts and techniques. Typically, it is associated with neo-liberal, individualist economic reforms". Rees[11, p. 15] suggests that it is an ideology with two distinct claims: "efficient management can solve almost any problem...[and] practices which are appropriate for the conduct of private sector enterprises can also be applied to public sector services".
10. Duncan, G., "New Mandarins New Zealand style", in Rees, S. and Rodley, G. (Eds), The Human Costs of Managerialism: Advocating the Recovery of Humanity, Pluto Press, Liechhardt, NSW, 1995, pp. 159-68.
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